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Shipping Minister: Bangladesh Completes Dredging of 47 Rivers

Business & Finance

November 23, 2017

Image source: Dredge Bangla

Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan today said that, during the last eight years, the government has completed the dredging work of a total of 47 nearly dying rivers, Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) – National News Agency of Bangladesh said in their latest announcement.

The minister said this responding to a query made by treasury bench lawmaker Nizam Uddin Hazari of Feni-2 in the house, BSS reports.

Khan recently said that the country’s rivers have been losing their navigability due to negligence of the previous governments, “but the Awami League-led government is trying to restore the navigability of rivers”.

According to the minister, the present government bought 14 dredgers between 2009 and 2013 and is currently in the process of buying 20 more dredgers by 2019.